Beth Schueler

Extended earlier work on state takeovers to look at longer-term effects and find no evidence of benefits to student achievement, on average, up to 9 years post-takeover. Also, no variation in effects depending on the length of state involvement.

Another former Massachusetts state takeover receiver appointed to statewide education leadership: mass.gov/news/governor-…

@BeatrizGietner Yes!

Deadline approaching! Apply for a postdoc role studying the politics of education policy at Stanford GSE: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/op…

I look forward to hearing from you about this posting and any other opportunities for collaboration you may have in mind. Thanks! @StanfordEd

Addressing these questions requires a team effort. To that end, we're hiring a postdoc to start summer 2026. Please submit your materials by the end of the month and/or share the posting: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/op…

To ring in the new year, I'm excited to launch of the Politics of Education Lab (PEdL) at the Stanford GSE. The goal is to advance understanding of the political dimensions of education policymaking to help policymakers strengthen school systems. pedl.stanford.edu

New year, new paper out on the (mixed) impacts of districtwide turnaround in Lawrence, Mass. on postsecondary outcomes. A product of a collab w/ 2 lovely @UVA @EdPolicyWorks PhD students and MA DESE: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00…

It's that time of year to start thinking about who you'd like to nominate for an AEFP award (4 options: early career, dissertation, use of evidence in policy/practice & justice, equity diversity inclusion). Get your noms in by 12/5! And thanks! aefpweb.org/awards @aefpweb

When they were left out of the legislation that spurred widespread unionization in the private sector, many government employees—most of whom worked in local governments—organized anyway. With @trounstine, Open Access @StudiesAPD: cambridge.org/core/journals/… During this era of state building and nationalization, by which people usually mean the spread of political forces from the top (federal) down (to state and local), our findings hint at the possibility that much of what we understand about national American politics actually started with politics in hundreds of local governments—and changed the course of history by spreading upward to state governments, to national effect.

Our @caldercenter research brief with @CEDR_US and @ahkatz5 on special education identification during the pandemic is now published in EEPA! We show that, after an initial dip, identification rates have now "caught up" with pre-pandemic norms: tinyurl.com/y4bea5y5

New paper now out in @aerj_journal w/ John Wang & Liz Nigro on 4 different models of state-led district turnaround in Mass., providing positive evidence for building in opportunities for local influence over decision-making. Grateful for reactions! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00…

Glad to see this coverage of Massachusetts district improvement efforts research in collaboration with @EdPolicyWorks Liz Nigro and John Wang, now forthcoming in @AERA_EdResearch journal AERJ: edworkingpapers.com/ai23-882

@aspaglayan Hooray! Big congrats and very well-deserved. Hope and trust you are taking time to celebrate!

Tenured! Grateful to the many mentors, colleagues, and friends whose support has enabled me to thrive. It takes a village.

This is a very good (+ short) paper on the declines in student achievement that began (especially at the bottom of the achievement distribution) BEFORE the COVID pandemic: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1197

Please nominate today if you haven’t already and thanks to those who have!